As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
In a year that challenged assumptions and stretched resources across several areas, this is the most widely read research produced in 2025 by Boston Indicators and the Boston Foundation in collaboration with our research partners.
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A new analysis from Boston Indicators highlights the prevalence of "rental deserts" in Greater Boston - areas where the rental inventory has been constrained by zoning and other restrictions, resulting in higher rents, a lack of supply and reducing racial and economic diversity.
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Though it's winter that approaches, heat is on our mind. TBF's Senior Program Officer for Climate shares reflections from a conversation with environmental health expert M. Patricia Fabian, Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Associate Director of the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University.
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The $600,000 in grants, made through an open request for proposals this fall, bring the Fund’s total grantmaking to $3 million since its founding in 2013. For the largest round of grants in Latino Equity Fund history, LEF prioritized basic needs and economic wellbeing.
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MassNonprofit News shares TBF's Latino Equity Fund grant announcement. The $600,000 in grants, made through an open request for proposals this fall, bring the Fund’s total grantmaking to $3 million since its founding in 2013.
Read MoreMassNonprofit News shares details on the latest round of grants from TBF's “Meeting the Moment: Sustaining Families” initiative of $1 million to 61 organizations, for a total of $4.6 million distributed since the launch of the initiative with more than $6.2 million raised in support of the effort.
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The Boston Globe summarizes key findings from 2025's Greater Boston Housing Report Card, produced by TBF and the TBF Boston Indicators team with a special topic section by the BU's Initiative on Cities.
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El Planeta reports on the Latino Equity Fund's efforts to rapidly respond to vulnerable families in Boston, Operación Mesa Llena, which raised $100,000 in collaboration with TBF's Food, Fuel, and Shelter Fund and a match by Stop and Compare Markets to provide gift cards for 667 families Chelsea, East Boston and Lynn through trusted community partners.
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Published with TBF support, this report from the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations looks at how community organizations across Massachusetts are working to preserve "naturally occurring affordable housing" in places across the region.
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As Greater Boston’s community foundation, we are undeterred from our commitment to bring people and resources together to build a thriving and equitable future for our region. Forward Together, TBF's 2025 Annual Report, reflects what's possible when we move forward together and highlights how our collective work comes to life.
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In data and interviews, Kelly Harrington and the team from Boston Indicators highlight the success of the first year on the ONE+ Program, which provided financial assistance to over 200 low-and moderate-income first-time homebuyers across Massachusetts.
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The new report from Boston Indicators and the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Lifeexplores the potential impact of new Medicaid work and eligibility requirements on the program, and lays out strategies for a new model that helps minimize the number of Mass. residents losing coverage.
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Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.
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